Panelization for Loadbearing CFS Wall Systems

Panelized construction saves both the builder and owner time and money with improved quality, efficiency and control – if done correctly. This presentation provides important tips that every designer and builder should know to help avoid delays and costly overruns.

Date: April 24, 2014Time: 2 to 3 p.m.

The type of projects that best lend themselves to panelized loadbearing CFS systems

The types of floor systems used in conjunction with CFS loadbearing wall panelization

What efficiencies can be leveraged in CFS construction

Understand load tracking through a bearing structure, and how it affects panelized construction

How fire ratings may affect CFS loadbearing wall design.

Learn about the importance, cost impacts, and issues with lateral load resisting systems such as shear walls and moment frames.

Presenter: Don Allen, P.E., is the presenter for this session. Don is Senior Engineer at DSi Engineering, Inc. and has been involved in commercial and residential steel framing since 1990. His designs include some of the light steel framing in the Georgia Dome and Atlanta Olympic Stadium, as well as several hundred projects across the United States. For eight years, he concurrently served as technical director for the Steel Stud Manufacturers Association, the Steel Framing Alliance, and the Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute. Allen regularly lectures and writes on cold-formed steel design and construction issues for industry publications, and is a LEED® -accredited professional

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Following a second quarter 2018 pre-tariff run-up in the volume of steel used to manufacture cold-formed steel (CFS) framing products, the latest report by the Steel Framing Industry Association (SFIA) finds that CFS manufacturing declined by 9 percent in the third quarter of 2018 to 273,682 total tons (raw tons before processing). Most companies surveyed in SFIA's US Nonresidential Volume Report indicated a belief that much of the inventory built up in the second quarter had largely worked through the system, and that manufacturing volume was beginning to tick up at the end of the third quarter. The complete publication containing data and analysis, including results of a survey of market sentiment, is available at this Link.

The SFIA Contractor Certification, introduced in March is off to a strong start with the first two companies awarded certification for both Nonstructural and Structural framing and 20 additional companies currently in the certification process. This new certification, which promotes best practices and continuous improvement, will be promoted to general contractors and owners looking for contractors with CFS expertise, high levels of training, and quality assurance.

A Fire Service Professional’s ViewThe increased use of wood framing in mid-rise buildings has been accompanied by a growing incidence of major fires that have destroyed these combustible structures both during construction